Fastener for winker-fork stays.



E. B. KNAPP.

PATENTBD AUG. 18, 1908.

FASTENER FOR WINKER FORK STAYS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND BURKE KNAPP, OF YUMA, ARIZONA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO ADA B. KNAPP, OF YUMA, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed December 5, 1907. Serial No. 405,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND BURKE KNAPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yuma, in the county of Yuma and Territory of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Winker-Fork Stays and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fastening devices for winker fork stays, and the object of the invention is to eliminate certain faulty features of the construction in the attachment of the stays heretofore in use.

The blinds are all made up at the factory and are stitched and iijnished for the trade. When a bridle is made up for a customer, the harness-maker rips the corners of the blinders and inserts the winker fork and sews the fork in. This makes a second stitching which weakens the bridleto such an extent that before very long the fork pulls out and has to be returned to the harness-maker for repairs. A repetition of this trouble generally tears the corners of the blind off and necessitates patching.

It is the object of my invention to eliminate such diiiiculties and to provide a fastening device which will securely hold the winker fork or strap in place without weakenig the structure.

ith this object in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi re 1 is a view of a square blind having a win er fork secured thereto in the improved manner suggested herein; Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the application of said attaching plate to a round-cornered blind.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a plate which is stamped up out of suitable metal such as brass or rolled steel, and is provided with a plurality of apertures, 2, one at each end and one at each side adjacent the .middle. The plate is cut away as at 3 to lighten the structure and the whole is then japoanned, nickeled, gilded or treated in any suita le way to give the plate a finished appearance and to produce a neater commercia article.

The application of the plate as illustrated in Fig. 2 is a simple reversal of the late illustrated Fig. 1. In applying t e winkrr strap the stitching binding the inside and outside layers of the blind is ripped and the winker strap inserted in the opening formed. The plate is now applied and the rivets or bolts, 4, are passed through and riveted to the inside of the blind so as to have their riveted ends out of sight. The same procedure is followed with regard to the rivets in the ends of the plate.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by using the late described herein, not only are the difficu ties spoken of avoided,'but a substantial and neat attachment is made.-

Many modifications might be resorted to in practice without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention and the plate may be ornamented in any suitable manner to present a neat ap earance, and all such modifications and c anges are contemplated by me and are considered within the purview of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is:

A plate for securing winker stays to bridle blinds which comprises a at integral body having a straight edge and a rounded edge so asto adapt it for rounded or straight edged bridle blinds.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDMUND BURKE KNAPI. 

